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No. 352.055, Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HARVEY, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

CAR-S EAT.

EPECIPICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,055, datedNovember 2, 1886.

Application filed March 13,1886. Serial No.1fi5,1l0. (No model.) 7

To allwhom it may concern? Be it known that I, GEORGE HARVEY, a subjectof the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Winnipeg, in the Province ofManitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented oertain new and usefulImprovements in Car- Seats; and I do herebydeclare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use 4 thesame.

My invention-relates to car-seats, the object being to provide a deviceof this character which may be readily and quickly reversed, and inwhich the back and seat may be inclined to afford an easy andcomfortable support for the traveler.

back adjusted to take the place of the seat all at one movement.

With these ends in view .the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of a carseat embodying myinvention.v

Fig. 2is'a section showing the inner side of one end of the frame, andFig. 3 is an end elevation showing the seat and back reversed.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by the sameletters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A represents one of the end rails of thesupporting-frame,which is supported by suitable legs, a, and extendingupwardly from said end rail are standards b,

at the upper end of which is located an armrest, B, suitably cushioned,as shown.

0 represents the seat, and D the back,which are cushioned upon theirinner sides, as shown.

E E represent bars which extend from the seat and back,'to which theyare pivoted, to a point on the inner side of the arm-rest, at whichpoint they are pivotally connected by a pin, a.

F represents a hinge connecting the back and seat at their meetingsides. If desired,

there may be a hinge arranged to connect the back and seat near each endthereof; or there may be only one hingeemployed. In the latter case thehinge would be arranged midway the sides of the back and seat.

G G represent blacks arranged at each end of the side rail, A, andhaving vertical openings or passages (I, inwhich work catch-bolts f,having finger-pieces g, by which they may be operated, said bolt beingadapted to engage a recess on the under side of the seat, said seatbeing supported on the block G, andwhen the seat and back are reversedsaid catch-bolt in the block G engages a recess in the seat. Thecatch-bolt in the block G engages a recess in the lower end of the back,and when the position of the back and seat is reversed said catch-boltengages a recess, 9, in the seat, near the upper end thereof, while thecatch-bolt in the block G engages a recess, h, in the inner end of theseat. It will thus be seen that the seat and back are supported in aninclined position.

H represents blocks secured to the inner side of the end rail, A, andhaving cushions or blocks 1', of rubber or other elastic material. Theinner end of the seat rests on one of these blocks, as shown, and whenthe position of the parts is reversed the back rests on the other block.

I represents a bar pivoted centrally to the inner side of thesupporting-frame of the end rail, and having at its upperendaprojection, j, which is adapted to engage an opening, 70, in theunder side of the'seat, and which when the back is changed to form theseat engages an opening, Z, in the same.

At the side of the seat and back are provided straps m, by which theseat and back are operated.

The operation is as follows: The strap at the side of the seat is pulledoutwardly, the catchthe seat. The back is supported upon the 2.Inacar-seat, the eombinatiomwithasnp block adjacent to block G, and theprojec- 1 porting-frame,of aseat and back, bars pivotaltion on the endof the bar I engages the recess i lyconneeting the back and seat withthe arm- Z in the back, and the catch-bolt in the block rest of theframe, and a bar pivoted to the sup G engages the opening 5 near theupper end porting-frame and adapted to engage a recess of the back. inthe under side of the seat, as set forth.

It will be apparent from the above descrip- 3. Ina car-seat, thecon1bination,with a suption that the position of the back and seat may Iporting-frame, of a seat and back hinged tobe readily and quicklychangedwhen desired, gether at their meeting ends, bars pivotally and with butlittle trouble or exertion on the connecting the seat and back with thearmpart of the person making the change. i rest of the frame, and a barpivoted to the Having thus described my invention, what frame and havinga projection at its upper I claim is end to engage a recess on the underside of the l. The combination, with a supporting seat, as set forth.frame, of a seat and back hinged together at g In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in their meeting edges, blocks arranged at the Ipresence of two witnesses. front and rear of the supporting-frame and 1carrying catch-bolts to engage recesses in the seat and. back, and barsE E, pivotally connected with the seat and back, and to the armrests ofthe snpportingframe, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE HARVEY.

Witnesses:

WILs W. Esrns, ELBERT I\II])DLETON VARY.

